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First impressions of World of Warcraft: Legion, part one

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It was around the time that I was burning my way through drakes that I found myself nodding in appreciation. This was it, I...
I have to chop SO MUCH right now.

Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.4 arrives on September 27th

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The third anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV's relaunch hit over the weekend, and the game's development team took the opportunity to celebrate... by talking...

World of Warcraft: Legion launch trailer and launch schedule

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Tick, tock. World of Warcraft's Legion expansion drops in eight hours for EU players, 17 in the US -- which of course is the middle of...

H1Z1 King of the Kill touts ‘completely redesigned’ interface

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H1Z1: King of the Kill's development updates are coming as fast as the game updates, as there's a new producer's letter out this week...

The MOP Up: Going on a pirate hunt (August 28, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

World of Warcraft’s Stormheim stars you in a Norse epic

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If you are fascinated with World of Warcraft's winged Vrykrul, then your first stop in the Legion leveling process should definitely be Stormheim. The...

Divergence Online introduces Operator profession, land and air vehicles

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Divergence Online posted a big update yesterday bringing land and air vehicles to testers along with a brand-new biome called Anduine, an area ripe...

Final Fantasy XI outlines its September update plans

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More adventures, monsters, and rewards are on the way to the busiest MMO in retirement, Final Fantasy XI. Yesterday Square-Enix posted a preview of...

The four ways you’ll become more powerful in RIFT: Starfall Prophecy

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When RIFT: Starfall Prophecy goes live this fall, character growth won't merely be limited to another five levels and associated stat increases. Trion Worlds...
It's the gift that keeps on taking.

Betawatch: Star Citizen gets persistent (August 26, 2016)

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Depending on your definitions, Star Citizen is already pretty persistent. For example, it's already persistently crowdfunding, persistently putting out new ships for the price...
Well, this was a little on the nose, wasn't it?

TERA is offering players pigs who do in fact fly

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You know all of those crazy things you said you'd do when pigs fly? Well, that's a thing that's happening. TERA has added a...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: Sticking the landing of the Legion expansion

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Next week, folks, it's go time. The expansion arrives, and so forth. My impressions of the expansion will start going out on Monday, but...
A whole new wait, no, not doing this song, never mind.

TERA plans server merges and sweeping guild changes

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TERA is gearing up for a most unusual round of server merges. "On Wednesday, September 7, we will be merging Highwatch, Lake of Tears, and...

SkySaga’s alpha 9 revamps its tutorial, buffs the City of First Light

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Alpha 9 has descended upon British-born voxelbox SkySaga. "We've made a lot of changes to SkySaga this Alpha and added some really awesome new features...

Star Citizen 2.5 alpha is live with GrimHex base, new concept ship

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Star Citizen's alpha 2.5 has officially released to live. "Star Citizen Alpha 2.5 includes significant changes to Star Citizen’s Crusader persistent universe environment," declares Cloud Imperium....
Seriously, help me out, I don't know when the moneymaking comes in.

Dive deeper into Path of Exile’s Atlas mechanics

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Path of Exile's next big expansion, Atlas of Worlds, launches next week. What is Atlas of Worlds? Producer Chris Wilson previously touched on the...
I know, you expected some EQN jokes.

H1Z1: King of the Kill map gets a full-scale revamp

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H1Z1: King of the Kill is introducing a new map -- well, a complete do-over for an old map. "The original map was created in...

Marvel Heroes the angelic assassin Angela and never-melting ice cream bars

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As was foretold by the stars and prophets of old -- as well as Gazillion's developers -- Thor's sister Angela has joined the cast...
No, this is not Star Trek: Beyond.

RIFT buffs up the Saboteur soul

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The Saboteur in RIFT is all about, well, sabotage. It's a specialty based around bombs blowing things the heck up. The latest patch to...
More than you know.

Delays descend on Division DLC

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In a blog post this afternoon, Ubisoft announced that it's delaying The Division's upcoming DLC and adjusting its content release schedule accordingly. "It has become clear...